Biography

In his first year at Carmel High this year, Stopkotte coached both the boys and girls swimming teams to Indiana state titles. His girls’ team won its 15th consecutive state title, while his boys team won its eighth state title in 12 years and first since 1998. Stopkotte also has been a club coach for 15 years, most notably as head coach of the Cincinnati Marlins, the top swim club in the swimming hotbed of southwestern Ohio.

In his eight years with the Marlins, Stopkotte built the team from 100 to 225 swimmers and led them to six Top 10 finishes in the USA Swimming National Championships, 11 USA Swimming Junior National team titles, and 25 state-level team titles at the junior and senior levels. A dozen of his swimmers competed in the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials, with one earning a gold medal and another a silver medal at the Olympic Games.

Records

27 Total State Titles

1 Gold and 1 Silver Medal Students in the Olympic Games